Truman Capote quotes

Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.